You’re not always the good guy, and you know that. Neither are the good side that exciting, with their boringly virtuous and vapidly persistent pursuit of piety. No, we want a portal to that other side, that black and grey world where motives are uncertain and sticking a knife into your friend’s back seems, well, kind of like a good idea. Fiction, after all, is about escapism, and goodness and light is sometimes a little bit too sickeningly familiar.
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Comics nerds rejoice: we live in a glorious time, with superheroes zipping, zapping, flying and kerpow-ing across screens large and small. And yet… and yet. Black Widow has appeared in four Marvel movies but hasn’t featured in her own yet. Supergirl’s tv show only just started airing. Wonder Woman’s film won’t premiere for a few years yet. So there’s still some progress to be made.
Today Rebecca Levene suggests ten amazing female Marvel characters that we should see – or, in a few cases, see more of – on screen. Forget Infinity War 2. Let’s get that Jubilee film going!
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Curious about what Steampunk and Grimdark are? Wonder where you should start with them? Wonder no more!
The terms Steampunk and Grimdark are essentially blended words, but they don’t necessarily relate entirely to their origins. There has been a distinct rise in the number of books labelled as Steampunk and Grimdark recently, so let’s find out what they really mean…
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The British Fantasy Society’s annual convention, FantasyCon, kicks off this weekend in Nottingham. And loads of us will be there! After the jump you’ll find the complete Hodderscape schedule, featuring Anne Perry, John Connolly, Lavie Tidhar, Matt Blakstad, Rebecca Levene, Scott Andrews and the mysterious Stark Holborn. If you see us, give us a wave!
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Making magic isn’t as simple as waving your hand over a hat and shouting ‘abracadabra’ in the hopes that a rabbit will appear. There are – or, at least, should be – some rules. (Be sure you shout ‘abracadabra’ two minutes past midnight on your grandmother’s birthday.) Rebecca Levene, author of Smiler’s Fair and The Hunter’s Kind, joins us today to discuss the whys, hows and wherefore-art-thous of creating a sustainable system of magic for her world.MORE

Great novels inspire great cosplay. And the best novels inspire the cutest cosplay. Today we’re delighted to share with you the very best of the cute-best: guest blogger Catherine’s instructions for turning a dog into Rii, the wonderful bat-like monster from Rebecca Levene’s Smiler’s Fair and The Hunter’s Kind!
Warning! This post contains the cutest dog-dressed-as-a-giant-batlike-monster pictures you’ve ever seen.
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When I was little, mum told me stories about the moon. She said he made the monsters in the forest and that’s why the Hunter had to kill him.We all heard these stories. But we thought that was all they were.Stories.
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Excited about the sequel to Smiler’s Fair? Curious about what might possibly happen next?
Last week, Rebecca Levene visited our offices and shared a bit about the forthcoming THE HUNTER’S KIND. And when you watch this video, it’s like you’re there in the room with her. Lucky you!
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